Haire headed back to circuit court

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By Matt Durr?

Hillsdale.net - Hillsdale, MI

By Matt Durr?

Posted Mar. 8, 2013 at 10:18 AM

By Matt Durr?

Posted Mar. 8, 2013 at 10:18 AM

Hillsdale, Mich.

matt.durr@hillsdale.net?HILLSDALE — Jacob Nathaniel Haire, 22, of Hillsdale is headed back to Hillsdale County Circuit Court next week and is expected to plead guilty to one count of second degree criminal sexual conduct.?

Haire is scheduled to be arraigned on Monday for the second degree charge along with a charge of third degree criminal sexual conduct.?

Haire was already bound over to circuit court once in February for a pretrial conference, but the case was sent back down to district court after an agreement could not be reached.?

During his appearance in district court Wednesday, Haire’s lawyer, public defender John Lovinger, said Haire will be pleading guilty to the second degree charge and the third degree charge will be dropped at the time of sentencing. Also as part of the deal, prosecutors will not seek any other charges related to the incidents that brought on the current charges.?

Haire is accused of placing his hands down the pants of a 12-year-old girl last April and squeezing her buttocks. Because the girl was under the age of 13, it warrants a second degree charge.?

The third degree charge was brought after it was alleged that Haire had sex with a 13-year-old girl. Both charges carry a maximum sentence of 15 years in prison; however, the second degree charge also carries a lifetime of electronic monitoring upon completion of parole.?

Haire has previously been charged with third degree criminal sexual conduct in Jackson County, but that charge was dismissed in November of last year.?

In June 2011, Haire pleaded no contest to a charge of disorderly person, jostling. In November 2008, he pleaded guilty to larceny in a building for a case where he admitted to stealing a computer and two cameras from a home in North Adams. A charge of home invasion was dropped during that case. Haire served 12 months probation and paid $120 in fines.